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Protection for ultralight trips and an insurance policy for unplanned nights out.

When the wind and rain start to blow during your solo mission, reach into your pack, and pull out the super-compact and lightweight Black Diamond Twilight Bivy. The water-resistant NanoShield fabric seals out the elements as it surrounds your sleeping bag and breathes better than virtually any water-phobic fabric on the market. A zippered opening at the shoulders provides easy access and lets you sit up to stretch your aching muscles in the middle of the night.

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Hi, I am wondering how I can roll up and...

Hi, I am wondering how I can roll up and fix the mosquito net in the BD Twilight Bivy when the bivy is closed. Closing the net when the bivy is open is easy. Rolling down and fixing the net with openbivy cab be done by using the loop and the little cord with the tanka. Now, this loop/cord method does not work with closed bivy. Do I always have to close net and bivy or can I roll up the net also when the bivy is closed? Thanks a lot for your answers. Matthias

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Worst Night Out In A Long Time...

After reading some mixed reviews on this bivy, I decided to give it a shot in an effort to lighten up my kit by about a pound. I was hoping to use it in moderate weather in the alpine where little to no precipitation would be seen. As the weather forecast was looking beautiful, I took it out this weekend for a test run atop a snowy ridge in the Cascades. Ideal conditions, clear skys, light wind, no snow, and this thing managed to sucked hard. I woke up three hours into the night to find the inside of the bivy completely soaked. A few hours later and my bag was soaked through and no longer providing me warmth. I have no idea how the product description can claim bit of breathability, as this bivy was about as breathable as a trash bag. Quite a long and cold night from that point on. A point to note; I slept with the hood open and my face out into the air all night long. My breath did not contribute to the condensation in the bag. The seams were also sealed with Seamgrip prior to spending a night in it. It was a bummer that this bivy didn't work out as I would have liked. I don't recommend this, or any Black Diamond bivy made of this material to anyone who would use it in an alpine environment. I'm glad I tested it on a mellow climb where the only repercussions were a shiver bivy and a lack of sleep. Anything bigger and things could have been worse. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of BD bivys.

It is pretty fragile but the question of how long it will last is really subjective. If you are bivying on flat ground with no rocks or sharp pointy objects like sticks or on a portaledge it will last much longer than on icy ledges and granite cliffs.

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my main concern with a bivy is not in...

my main concern with a bivy is not in keeping me dry in a 10 hour downpour. Rather it is to protect my down bag from splashes coming off a tarp/open floor shelter/ snowcave/ dew, etc.

Problem is that I am a warm sleeper and my down bag is notorious for not breathing very well by itself. Therefore, i need to make sure the bivy sack I buy can breath really well. Does anyone know how this BD fabric compares to eVEnt or membrain? I am desperately trying to avoid the dreaded bivy condensation

Whats the ventailation like? The inside...

It's made out of a crazy breathable silicon impregnated nylon. Basically they coat each individual fibre with silicon which gives a high water resistance while still allowing airflow. It's not as breathable as no fabric, but it's about as good as it's going to get as far as single wall bivvy fabrics go.

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Great Ultralight Bivy

I use this bivy for backpacking and car camping. It is extremely compact if compressed a little it's a little bigger than a baseball, light, and breathable. It's not entirely waterproof but will keep you dry from light rain and morning dew, it does a good job keeping the wind off as well. I usually pair it with a light weight tarp in heavier rain and snow. It's pretty spacious, I'm 5'8, 165lbs and I have tons of space to move around and enough room for my boots and clothes if needed. There are loops that you can easily tie up the cloth around the face area to keep it elevated but the material is so light I barely notice it when I sleep. Over this is an awesome bivy.

This one is just too small for somebody your size. The Marmot Alpinist is similar, but with a little more room. I've tried the Integral Designs eVent bivy and its nice and long and breathes well, but weighs almost double what these weigh.

It's neither right nor left -- just a zipper across the width of the bivy, up where your face is. You climb in from the top. It has a bug panel but can also be zipped entirely closed if conditions require.

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Great lightweight bivy!

I bought this bivy for lightweight alpine use and for use in emergencies. In all my research this bivy had the best balance of weight, breathability, and weather resistance.

I have used this bivy climbing Longs Peak and car camping. I have not encountered any real weather with this bivy so I can't testify to its waterproofness, but I can tell you that it breaths very well.